Second home buyers like going the condo route

The Wall Street Journal report recently pointed out the benefits of buying a condo for your second home. If you want to get away for a vacation, the last thing you want to be doing is cutting the grass or cleaning out the gutters.

A new National Association of Realtors study estimates that sales of vacation […]

Bad real estate photo of the day #21

Old portrait photographers use to use a trick of putting vasoline over the lens to give the portrait that soft focus dreamy look. Well, as you can see this little trick as navigated it’s way to real estate photography too. Isn’t this a dreamy living room? 

Your submissions are welcomed. If you’ve seen a candidate for a Bad Real Estate Photo of […]

Ruth Bethem is designated as a Florida Real Estate Broker-Associate

We are pleased to announce that Ruth has successfully completed the Florida State Real Estate Brokers exam. Although she is now qualified to open her own company, she prefers to continue being a sales associate, therefore, she will use the Broker-Associate designation. Ruth and her team will stay with Downing-Frye Realty, Inc. here in Naples, Florida where she […]

Bad real estate photo of the day #20

Alrighty now…I guess we got cable. Wahoooo! If you happen to be really, really skinny, you might enjoy this bedroom.

Your submissions are welcomed. If you’ve seen a candidate for a Bad Real Estate Photo of the Day entry, mail the photo or a link to Rick@RuthBethem.com.

Water restrictions lifted in Naples

 
We’ve been under a once a week water restriction for our irrigation needs for quite awhile now. Just recently, because of a couple good rain falls and the rising water table, these restrictions have been lifted by the South Florida Water Management District and new policies are now in effect. We are now allowed to […]

Naples Tidbits #10

I thought I would update you on a few Naples tidbits that will give you an idea of what’s happening here in Naples, Florida.

The local n Magazine is holding it’s third annual Enny awards honoring local creative brilliance. Click the link for imformation of how to submit your artwork.
The Naples Harbour Yacht Club on the Gordon […]

Bad real estate photo of the day #19

Notice how the bay window opens up the room and bathes it in light. The bathroom lights obviously don’t convey. Sorry. Candles perhaps.

Your submissions are welcomed. If you’ve seen a candidate for a Bad Real Estate Photo of the Day entry, mail the photo or a link to Rick@RuthBethem.com.

Find Naples on the new Google Earth.

Google Earth released a new update for their popular software recently. This is a really cool way to check out some properties in Naples and where they are located. Type the address of the property in to the search bar and then you can see how close you are to the beach or your favorite Naples […]

Pending residential sales chart for Naples through March 2008

This chart of the pending home sales in the Naples area is starting to look quite encouraging. We’ve been on a steep incline upwards since last December.

We’ve got some really nice properties for sale in the area. Please check out out Hot Properties to see what’s available.

Naples home sales report for the first half of April 2008

After running the numbers for the Naples home sales report for the first half of April, this is the statistical breakdown.

There are 11,815 active residential listings in the MLS at this time.
The total number of reported sales for the first half of the month is 201.
Out of those 201, there were 112 condos and 89 single […]